Trilliant Surgical creates and manufactures innovative, reliable podiatric products that deliver better patient outcomes while fostering meaningful relationships for the advancement of podiatry. By providing brilliant, high-quality medical devices for small bone orthopedic correction and building strong relationships with surgeons who want to improve patient results and practice economics, we are Champions for Podiatry

The purpose of the Principal R&D Engineer role is to effectively develop and deliver marker impacting surgical solutions and enhancements in the Foot & Ankle market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop innovative process technology to anticipate customer needs and maintain competitive in the orthopedic/podiatric medical device industry
• Perform market research to devise solutions to orthopedic/podiatric problems
• Apply strong engineering principles to achieve product design requirements
• Drafting/modeling in CAD (Solidworks)
• Project management and execution of new product development from conceptualization to commercialization
• Design and carry out mechanical tests as required 
• Facilitate process improvements/qualifications
• Translate customer & marketing recommendations to define product opportunities and technical design requirements
• Build innovative and practical product, system & component design solutions
• Work in a collaborative team environment

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering (Advanced Degree preferred)
• 10+ years' experience in developing medical device products

  • Understand design controls as related to FDA 21 CFR 820 and ISO 13485

  • Has led at least one large project from concept to launch as the project manager

  • Has led multiple large projects from concept to launch as the technical lead

  • Prior experience in Extremities or Spine

• Eager & Passionate
• Problem Solver; Demonstrates creative engineering solutions to technical challenges
• Versed in computational stress analysis, tolerance studies, and GD&T
• Able to lead FMEA sessions and design review meetings
• Able to select engineering materials
• Excellent technical writing skills
• Good interpersonal skills 
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously without supervision
• Candidate is authorized to work in the United States